Curriculum Vitae
Oliver Wills
Senior AI Business Analyst
Hove, UK · oliver@seacoft.com ·linkedin.com/in/OliverWills ·github.com/OliverWills
Profile
Senior business analyst with 13 years leading discovery, process redesign and requirements on complex transformation programmes across public-sector construction, defence and nuclear, and private-sector energy trading and maritime. I have worked in multi-contractor environments with heavy governance. I now combine that with hands-on delivery of AI and automation solutions, so I can judge honestly whether AI, automation, analytics or straightforward process redesign is the right answer to a given problem. Comfortable running workshops and engaging with senior stakeholders and engineers alike.
Experience
Founder / AI Consultant
Jan 2026 — PresentSeacoft (independent consultancy)
- Run an AI and automation consultancy for small and mid-sized businesses, owning discovery, opportunity assessment, build and value realisation.
- Design, build, test and deploy AI-powered solutions including Microsoft 365 Copilot using Copilot Studio.
- Developed AI agents and workflow automations using Power Automate and generative-AI solutions.
- Built and deployed a machine-learning house-price prediction tool and an automated property-description generation service for an estate agency, from requirements through to live deployment.
- Advise non-technical business owners on the limitations, data prerequisites and governance implications of AI-enabled change.
Senior Business Analyst
Mar 2024 — Dec 2025Jacobs / Amentum CMS
- Led business analysis end-to-end on a multi-million-pound, data-driven security integration programme for a large government department, across discovery, design, development and user acceptance testing.
- Aligned cross-functional delivery and business stakeholders by mapping as-is and to-be BPMN processes, reducing design rework and accelerating sign-off.
- Managed a requirements register with full traceability across multiple contractors and sub-contractors.
- Worked with C-suite executives, translating technical constraints into business language to support investment and design decisions.
- Delivered the Asite BIM toolset including CAD and PLM integration, working directly alongside AI engineers, architects and DevOps.
- Delivered to GDS service standards and ISO 19650 information management standards.
Senior Business Analyst
Jan 2023 — Dec 2023Shell LNG Marketing & Trading
- Owned the technical backlog for trading systems in Jira and Azure DevOps; wrote requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Prepared impact assessments translating system change into commercial consequence for trading stakeholders.
- Documented system APIs using Postman and Swagger and produced technical documentation used directly by development teams.
Senior Business Analyst
May 2021 — Dec 2022Sellafield Coordination Centre, Home Office (KBR)
- Deployed a new data system for a building information management solution across the Home Office and the nuclear sector — a highly regulated environment with strict data governance, security and control requirements.
- Led stakeholder discovery through facilitated workshops; produced technical requirements, user journeys and functional specifications.
- Developed data models in SQL, contributing to a TOGAF-aligned data architecture.
- Managed the requirements register from design through to final acceptance testing.
Business Analyst
May 2020 — Apr 2021Transforming Forensics, Home Office (KBR)
- Led national evaluation of digital forensics software with the Home Office and all police forces in England and Wales, enabling selection of a common platform that standardised workflows.
- Gathered requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria; built and managed the backlog in Azure DevOps.
Senior Marine Design Engineer
Apr 2019 — May 2020Browse FPSO (Shell)
- Senior marine design engineer for two turret-moored FPSOs for gas processing, export, and condensate storage and offloading.
Technical Analyst
Sep 2012 — Mar 2019BP Shipping
- Recovered $1M from a ship owner by analysing engine and weather data to evidence excess fuel consumption, building the SQL reporting that supported the claim.
- Built the $9M maintenance budget for a 14-ship fleet by extracting and analysing historic spend and maintenance data from SAP.
- Supervised shipbuilding of 14 product tankers and 7 LNG tankers in South Korea, providing design input and supporting fleet operations.
Certifications & Education
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
- Certified Associate, Generative AI & LLMs — NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (2026)
- Bayesian Statistics: From Concept to Data Analysis — Coursera (2019)
- Level 5 Award in Management & Leadership — Chartered Management Institute (2018)
- MEng Marine Engineering — Newcastle University, 2008–2012